A R31.9 m programme to extend and upgrade the Gansbaai Clinic for the Western Cape Department of Health is expected to be complete in April 2022.
Gansbaai is a fishing village 43km from the nearest hospital in Hermanus. The area has a high incidence of tuberculosis with about 500 patients a month receiving treatment. The clinic currently provides primary health care services to an average of 3 500 people a month. The existing building had become too small to accommodate the needs of a growing population.
Once the upgraded facility is complete, it will provide the full package of primary health care in the form of clinical, basic emergency, pharmacy, oral health, rehabilitation, woman and child health, chronic disease and infectious disease health care services.
Contractors who are awarded large DTPW construction contracts are required to make use of local labour, targeted subcontractors, and targeted suppliers and manufacturers of goods and services. By the end of the contract, the work will have provided 2 000 person-days of work for skilled workers, 3 500 person-days for semiskilled workers, and 5 500 person-days for unskilled workers.
Fifteen local labourers will benefit from participating in a skills training programme. Targeted subcontractors will have received R2.1 m worth of work, targeted suppliers and manufacturers R930 000 in procurement, and target local labourers R1.2 m in wages.